Extent
Extended.
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
Degree; measure; proportion.
A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
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Extent Quotations
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius
It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
Sigmund Freud
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
H. L. Mencken
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Sigmund Freud
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Anais Nin
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Plutarch
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
Nicolaus Copernicus
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Alexander the Great
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
Alexander the Great
Extent Translations
extent in Italian is volume, dilatazione
extent in Norwegian is omfang, utstrekning
extent in Spanish is magnitud, perimetro
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